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Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.----The No. 14 Wingate men's golf team has secured its place in the NCAA Division II National Championships after finishing second at the 2025 NCAA South/Southeast Regional tournament Saturday at the Mission Resort + Club on the El Campeón Golf Course. The Bulldogs earn the program's first-ever back-to-back national championship appearances.
 
Wingate freshman Brandon Skidmore shot a final round three-under-par 69 to force a playoff with North Georgia's Jack Vajda. Both players finished 54 holes at 10-under-par 206. Vajda took medalist honors back to Dahlonega after a terrific birdie on hole No. 1, the first playoff hole. Skidmore settled for a par.
 
What They Are Saying
Wingate freshman Brandon Skidmore
 
"We gave it everything we had this week. I couldn't be prouder of the team. This tournament really showed our potential. We can't wait for nationals…we're coming for the top spot."
 
NCAA South/Southeast Regional Championship Round 3 quick hits
 
- The final round was changed to a shotgun start due to the threat of inclement weather
- WU steadied after a tough start, finishing with a three-over-par 291 to maintain its overnight second-place position
- As one of the top-seven teams, the 'Dogs earn an AQ to the national championships
- The '25 national championships will be held at the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
- Skidmore's third-round 69 included four birdies and one singular bogey
- The SAC Freshman of the Year had a hat trick of birdies on holes 12-14
- He added a clutch birdie on hole No. 16 to help secure his playoff spot
- Skidmore ties his best finish as a Bulldog in the most stellar field of the season
- Junior Lewis Beeden and graduate student Jordan Hyland both shot 73s Saturday
- Beeden completed 54 holes at even-par 216, tying five other golfers for 24th place
- Junior Fynn Loewe shot a 76 Saturday, completing three rounds at three-over-par 219
- '25 honorable mention All-American Hyland was one shot back at four-over-par 220
- The seven advancing teams include UNG, Wingate, West Florida, Columbus State, Lee, Lincoln Memorial and Florida Southern
- The FSC Moccasins won a one-hole playoff with USC Aiken to secure the seventh and final bid
- Second-round leader Asmund Norum from King and Felipe Gomez from GSW advance as individuals
 
What They Are Saying, part two
Retired golf coach John Hackney (Atlantic Christian/Barton, Wingate, Coker)
 
"This week's results are remarkable achievements for Coach JD Lamm and his Wingate golf teams. To get the men's and women's programs into the NCAA championship finals in the same season, when you are the head coach for both teams, is incredible. As a longtime coach who led the Bulldog men's team for three seasons, I can attest to how much time, energy, teaching, planning and encouragement it takes to inspire college student-athletes to reach the pinnacle of their sport."
 
"After leading his nationally second-ranked women to a scintillating playoff performance last week in regionals that will allow them to play for the NCAA Division II National Championship, Coach Lamm and assistant coach Brian Murtagh took on the vaunted men's field in the South/Southeast Regional the past three days and emerged as runner-up against 14 other teams ranked in the top 25 nationally. Five of the seven teams who made the '25 nationals are ranked in the Top 10, so for the 14th-ranked Bulldogs to seize second was outstanding."
 
"There is no substitute for experience, so since the Bulldogs qualified for the NCAA Finals last season -- and have two returnees from that men's team -- I believe they will be ready to excel at the highest level in two weeks. It will be fun to watch both Wingate teams as they battle it out with the nation's best."
 
Wingate University 
 
Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina and offers 60-degree pathways, including 37 undergraduate majors, 10 pre-professional tracks and five dual-degree programs. Graduate students choose from seven master's and five doctoral programs. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences, the Levine College of Health Sciences, the Byrum School of Business, the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences.
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a leader in healthcare education where nearly one in five undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 29 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 16 times it has been awarded. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.
 
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(Editor's note: Wingate University graduate student Sean Addie contributed information to this article. The '23 Davis & Elkins graduate is a second-year MBA student at Wingate.)